No more Hibakusha!

Canada, 1983

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Hibakusha is the Japanese word for the survivors of the American bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This powerful and moving documentary focuses on a few of the eighty hibakusha who journeyed from Japan to New York in June, 1982, to take part in peace demonstrations held to coincide with the Second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament. They came to urge the nations of the world to prevent nuclear war. Instead of concentrating on the physical suffering of the victims, the film reveals the mental anguish of the hibakusha, who are still haunted by nightmares. Inspired by “Hibakusha”, a book of photographs by Ittetsu Morishita. (Awards: Tokyo, Leipzig)

Credits

co-director

Audrey Schirmer

Martin Duckworth

producer

Jacques Vallee

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Language

English

Duration

00:55:00:00

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